Marcos eyes trade and defence in talks with India

Sailors’ respect: Officers of an Indian Navy survey vessel saluting a Philippine navy officer (centre) as he disembarks from the ship after it docked at the international port of Manila. — AFP

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will discuss trade and defence relations with India when he meets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a state visit to the South Asian nation next week.

“They are also expected to exchange views on regional and international issues of common concern,” Foreign Affairs Assis­tant Secretary Evangeline Ong Jimenez-Ducrocq said yesterday.